Welcome to the T&T Panels, open to EVERYONE in the publishing industry whether you are a reader, unpublished writer, author or publishing expert.
New to Self-Pub Fest? See the Participate page or email me (morgen@morgenbailey.com ~ NB Morgen with an ‘e’) if you’re interested.
Click HERE for The History Behind the T&T Panels.
The link to the T&T panels ongoing is https://us06web.zoom.us/j/
NOTE: The last T&T (Tuesday or Thursday) of each month will be ‘tell us about your books‘ your opportunity to tell us about your books and read from them!
The panels should run… Tuesdays: 45-60 mins ~ Thursdays: 30 minutes.
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So future dates/topics are below, with recordings from previous sessions at the bottom of this page and on the Taken Place page. NB Timings are UK time.
- T&T #32 ~ Tuesday 4th August @ 6.30pm: book launches: how do you launch your book? Do you do launches online and in real life? How do they differ? Did you do the launch yourself? If not, who helped you? Did you launch online first or in person? How long ahead did you prepare? Did you create pre-orders? Which social media platforms did you use/find most productive? If you launched your book in real life, how did you get the ‘gigs’ and where did you go? How do you continue to market your book? ~ with Morgen hosting ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #33 ~ Thursday 6th August @ 6.30pm: social media advertising: do you post for free, pay for Amazon Ads, Facebook Ads, do you pay for a social media scheduler such as Buffer or Hootsuite? If so, what have you learned from these processes? What would you recommend we avoid? What kind of adverts do you run? How do you choose your keywords? How do you find your competitors’ books? Do the adverts make a difference or do you get more traffic from your profile pages? ~ BB Elsin ~ with Morgen hosting ~ four slots remaining
- No panels for a while as I’m teaching at Swanwick (8th to 13th Aug ~ will I see you there?) then we have a family wedding and other commitments
- T&T #34 ~ Tuesday 25th August @ 6.30pm: characters (revisited): how do you name your characters, make them distinctive (in looks and voice). Do you base them on people you know? Who are your favourite characters from fiction you’ve read? ~ HJ Furl ~ SJ Banham ~ with Morgen hosting ~ three slots remaining
- T&T #35 ~ Thursday 27th August @ 6.30pm: tell us about your books: congratulations, you’ve published a book! Tell us how you got the idea, what you did with it (plan or simply write), whether you collaborated with others to get it perfected/published and how you market it. This is also your opportunity to read a five-minute extract from one of your books ~ with Morgen hosting ~ one slot remaining
- T&T #36 ~ Tuesday 1st September @ 6.30pm: publishing routes: get an agent, publisher, self-publish or a mix? Which routes have you taken to publication? Do you want to publish but don’t know which path to choose? Have you self-published but now want to find an agent/publisher instead of, or as well as, continuing to self-publish? Have you been traditionally published but now want to self-publish? What’s holding you back? ~ with Morgen hosting ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #37 ~ Thursday 3rd September @ 6.30pm: scriptwriting revisited: On Thursday 28th May David Wake and I (Morgen) talked about scriptwriting. Two authors wanted to attend but were involved in the theatre so we’ll be running it again today. Do you write scripts? Do you read them? What advice would you give to wannabe scriptwriters? ~ author tba ~ David Wake ~ author tba ~ with Morgen hosting ~ two slots remaining
- T&T #38 ~ Tuesday 8th September @ 6.30pm: taboo topics: something you’d never write about ~ and banned books ~ HJ Furl ~ with Morgen hosting ~ four slots remaining
- T&T #39 ~ Thursday 10th September @ 6.30pm: readers panel: what readers think of the books they read and what format do they read (eBooks and/or paperbacks)? ~ with Morgen hosting ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #40 ~ Tuesday 15th September @ 6.30pm: I’m not yet published: a panel of unpublished authors ~ with Morgen hosting ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #41 ~ Thursday 17th September @ 6.30pm: the books you wish you’d written/been involved in: from any era ~ a question I ask of authors at festivals! ~ with Morgen hosting ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #42 ~ Tuesday 22nd September @ 6.30pm: alpha and beta readers: who reads your writing before it’s published? Do you have readers you’ve never met? How did you find them? What kind of feedback do you get? Do your family and friends read your writing? Are they honest with you? Other than you, who’s the last person to read the book/story before it’s published? ~ with Morgen hosting ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #43 ~ Thursday 24th September @ 6.30pm: how real life affects our writing (for better or worse) ~ with Morgen hosting ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #44 ~ Tuesday 29th September @ 6.30pm: tell us about your books: congratulations, you’ve published a book! Tell us how you got the idea, what you did with it (plan or simply write), whether you collaborated with others to get it perfected/published and how you market it. This is also your opportunity to read a five-minute extract from one of your books ~ with Morgen hosting ~ one slot remaining
- No T&T on Thursday 1st October as I’ll be preparing for the second in-person all-day festival on Sunday 4th October ~ this time on the nuts and bolts of publishing.
- T&T #45 ~ Tuesday 6th October @ 6.30pm: book reviews: do you leave bad ones? How do you react to bad reviews on your books? Are you kinder when leaving a review for a book rather than another household product? How do you balance positive and negative / constructive reviews? Have you learned from a specific review of your book? ~ with Morgen hosting ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #46 ~ Thursday 8th October @ 6.30pm: tell us about your books: congratulations, you’ve published a book! Tell us how you got the idea, what you did with it (plan or simply write), whether you collaborated with others to get it perfected/published and how you market it. This is also your opportunity to read a five-minute extract from one of your books ~ with Morgen hosting ~ one slot remaining
- and so on…
Other authors tbc: Bryan Mason ~ Caroline England ~ Jane Davis.
The T&T events that have
taken place so far are…
T&T #1 ~ Thursday 12th March: writing life ~ Morgen with Andrea D Woolhead and Alastair McIver chatting about writing inspired by, or based on, real life and their relationship with the publishing industry.
T&T #2 ~ Thursday 19th March: the price of eBooks with Morgen and AA Abbott
T&T #3 ~ Tuesday 24th March: how to self-publish with Morgen, Andrea D Woolhead and Eric Goebelbecker
T&T #4 ~ Thursday 26th March: Morgen talking about the best/worst aspects of being in publishing
T&T #5 ~ Tuesday 31st March: your writing process (when/how?) ~ Eric Goebelbecker ~ MS Clements
T&T #6 ~ Thursday 2nd April: advice for wannabe writers with ~ Andrea D Woolhead ~ John Moore ~ Shaun Allan ~ Tim Franks
T&T #7 ~ Tuesday 7th April: Morgen talked more about ideas
T&T #8 ~ Thursday 9th April: Morgen talked about how Self-Pub Fest came about (It was going to be about collaborating but ironically no authors were booked in!)
T&T #9 ~ Tuesday 14th April: to stick with Amazon’s KDP Select exclusive or go wide? with ~ Dan Burford ~ Eric Goebelbecker ~ Morgen with an ‘E’ (host)
T&T #10 ~ Tuesday 21st April: how real life affects our writing (for better or worse) with Alastair McIver ~ Andrea D Woolhead ~ Eric Goebelbecker ~ SJ Banham and Morgen with an ‘E’ hosting.
T&T #11 ~ Thursday 23rd April: writing under a pen name: BB Elsin ~ John Moore and Morgen with an ‘E’ hosting.
T&T #12 ~ Thursday 30th April: audiobooks (you’ve read and getting your books as audiobooks) ~ Damiano Polcaro ~ Phil Oddy, hosted by Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen Bailey.
T&T #13 ~ Tuesday 5th May: juggling work with writing ~ time management (you still have a day job or are a writer as well as a publishing-related expert) Jane Killick ~ Jill Todd ~ SJ Banham ~ hosted by Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen Bailey
T&T#14 ~ Thursday 7th May: Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen talked about: children and animals in literature (yours or others’!)
T&T #15 ~ Tuesday 19th May: the therapy of writing ~ BB Elsin ~ HJ Reed ~ SJ Banham ~ hosted by Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen Bailey.
T&T #16 ~ Thursday 21st May: newsletters and Substack ~ Eric Goebelbecker, John Moore, Lee Benson ~ hosted by Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen Bailey.
T&T #17 ~ Tuesday 26th May: poetry ~ BB Elsin ~ hosted by Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen Bailey.
T&T #18 ~ Thursday 28th May: scriptwriting ~ David Wake with Morgen hosting.
T&T #19 ~ Tuesday 2nd June: publishing routes: get an agent, publisher, self-publish or a mix? ~ David Wake with Morgen hosting.
T&T #20 ~ Tuesday 9th June: writing non-fiction ~ Andrea D Woolhead ~ Malcolm Alexander with Morgen hosting.
T&T #21 ~ Tuesday 16th June: podcasts (link to a new podcasts page!): SJ Banham with Morgen hosting.
T&T #22 ~ Tuesday 23rd June: advice you’d give wannabe writers ~ Ali Bacon with Morgen hosting. Ali mentions Emma Darwin’s Substack: https://www.emmadarwin.com/this-itch-of-writing.
T&T #23 ~ Thursday 25th June: ‘scammers’ / ‘spammers’?: BB Elsin with Morgen hosting
T&T #24 ~ Thursday 2nd July: book covers ~ Damiano Polcaro ~ Jacqueline Lambert ~ with Morgen hosting
T&T #25 ~ Tuesday 7th July: book reviews ~ with Morgen hosting
T&T #26 ~ Tuesday 14th July: writing competitions: Ali Bacon ~ with Morgen hosting (also see this site’s Writing Competitions & Opportunities page)
T&T #27 ~ Thursday 16th July: writing (for) magazines: with Morgen hosting
T&T #28 ~ Tuesday 21st July: tell us about your books ~ Susannah Hockham ~ with Morgen hosting
T&T #29 ~ Thursday 23rd July: where in the world: ~ SJ Banham ~ with Morgen hosting
T&T #30 ~ Tuesday 28th July: Morgen talking about Spotlights and Tell Us About Your Books…
T&T #31 ~ Thursday 30th July: tell us about your books: BB Elsin talked about ‘Heroes & Traitors’ ~ with Morgen hosting
These are free events but we’re raising money for local book-related charities and we’d be really grateful if you would donate whatever you afford via the Charities & Donate page. Thank you so much.